Cysticercosis of deltoid muscle

Cysticercosis is a disease caused by tapeworm Taenia solium. It is commonly found in developing countries, but reports of its frequent occurrences even in developed countries due to immigrants from infected areas are widely reported. When cysticercosis affects the brain, the condition is commonly ca...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:BMJ case reports 2014-10, Vol.2014, p.bcr2014204578
Main Author: Chaudhary, Sanjeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscesses
Adult
Asia
Cysticercosis - diagnosis
Cysticercosis - diagnostic imaging
Cysticercosis - surgery
Cysts
Deltoid Muscle - surgery
Edema
Female
Histopathology
Humans
Indian Sub-Continent
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Muscular Diseases - diagnosis
Muscular Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Muscular Diseases - surgery
Rare Disease
Tumors
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Cysticercosis is a disease caused by tapeworm Taenia solium. It is commonly found in developing countries, but reports of its frequent occurrences even in developed countries due to immigrants from infected areas are widely reported. When cysticercosis affects the brain, the condition is commonly called neurocysticercosis however, sporadic cases of solitary intramuscular cysticercosis have been reported in the literature. We present a case of solitary cysticercosis in the right deltoid muscle in a 25-year-old woman who presented with a painful swelling on the right shoulder. The diagnosis was established by MRI and targetedultrasonography. Surgical removal of a cyst followed by 2 weeks of albendazole treatment resolved the symptoms.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2014-204578